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<a id="moreinfo" href="/projects/edu.eduteam.html">Education Task Force</a>
<a id="moreinfo" href="/projects/education/eduteam.html">Education Task Force</a>
<h1>10 reasons for schools to use Free Software</h1>
<h1>Reasons for schools to use Free Software</h1>
<p class="background">
Schools should teach children to be good members of the community, and
schools should not provide product training for companies that do not
respect freedom.
</p>
Access to software determines who may participate in a digital
society. The freedoms to use, study, share, and improve software allow
equal participation, and are extremely important. There are many
reasons to use Free Software in general. Here, we collected some that
are particularly important for schools:
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<h2>Sharing</h2>
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<h2>Independence</h2>
<p>Teaching a child to rely on proprietary software makes him dependent on
something s/he'll have to pay for. Teaching him/her to rely on Free Software, the
child can continue using this software in his/her adult life while helping others
by sharing it.Using and teaching Free Software also makes the school itself
<p>Teaching children to rely on proprietary software makes them dependent on
something they will have to pay for. Teaching them to rely on Free Software, the
children can continue using this software in their adult life while helping others
by sharing it. Using and teaching Free Software also makes the school itself
independent from any commercial interests.
</p>
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<p>Free Software is stable, secure and reliable. Security and other updates can
be implemented in a minute. Its maintenance is automated and thus time-saving.</p>
<p class="background">
The Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) is a non-profit
non-governmental organisation active in many European countries and
involved in many global activities. Access to software determines
participation in a digital society: To secure equal participation in
the information age, as well as freedom of competition, the Free
Software Foundation Europe pursues and is dedicated to the furthering
of Free Software; defined by the freedoms to use, study, modify and
copy. Founded in 2001, creating awareness for these issues, securing
Free Software politically and legally, and giving people Freedom by
supporting development of Free Software are central issues of the
FSFE.</p>
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Free Software Foundation Europe<br/>
Linienstrasse 141, 10115 Berlin, Germany<br/>